Acai: An Extraordinary Antioxidant-Rich Palm Fruit from the Amazon

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 116 pages
• Published by: BioSocial Publications 2008
• Written in: English
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0981490632
• ASIN: 0981490638
• Weighs: 8 ounces

Product Description
Antioxidant research is one of the most important areas of interest in medical research today. In many ways, the chemistry of life is the chemistry of oxidation. All this research attention comes at a time that millions of people are reaching the latter stage of life when degenerative diseases can impair ones lifestyle, and we are beginning to realize the limitations of medicine. We are just beginning to appreciate the role of excessive production of reactive oxygen species (free radicals) in disease and aging. When this happens the body experiences oxidative stress. The discovery of the remarkable antioxidant capacities of the Amazon palm berry known as Acai is helping bring increasing attention to the importance of food derived antioxidants in contributing to our health. Just be careful not be misled by those who promote products containing Acai but do so in a form or in amounts that have no demonstrated benefit, and who make claims not based on published studies. We spent over a decade studying this fruit. I made sure other scientists replicated our results before submitting our findings to the leading ranked journal in applied chemistry, nutrition and agriculture. Only then were we confident it was time to let the world know what we had discovered. What makes Acai so interesting is that it only grows in the Amazon, which represents over half of the planets remaining rainforest, and referred to as the lungs of the Earth. It is also the most species-rich area of tropical rainforest in the world. More and more people around the world are finding out about the Acai berry every day. I hope this book increases awareness of this remarkable berry.